heroics. In the bottom of the 11th inning of a 4-4 game against the Yankees, Youkilis turned on an offering from DamasoMarte and sent it over the Green Monster seats for a walk-off solo home run that gave the Red Sox a 5-4 victory

Mariano Rivera and Rafael Soriano. And this should be a terrific 'pen vs. left-handed hitters with Pedro Feliciano, DamasoMarte and Boone Logan. Joba Chamberlain might have to fly in from Scanton/Wilkes Barre for his July 4 showdown with Kobayashi

verge of entering the game as a pinch-hitter for Jeremy Hermida , first with Boone Logan on the mound, and then with DamasoMarte on in relief. But the appearance was contingent on runners getting on base in front of him, and nobody reached, so

manager Joe Girardi summoned left-hander DamasoMarte from the bullpen to face Ortiz. Entering ..... 143) with a homer and three walks against Marte . He is hitless in his last nine at-bats against Marte , but did work a walk against him in Sunday

Kevin Youkilis jumped on a 2-2 fastball from reliever DamasoMarte and launched the ball onto Lansdowne Street for a game ..... unthinkable event — Ortiz striking out on a nasty DamasoMarte slider in the bottom of the 11th in a tie game — was

the Diamondbacks) and 19th-rounder Jeff Karstens (now with the Pirates, having been moved as part of a deal for DamasoMarte and Xavier Nady ) — have reached the majors. Those three combined to make just 41 appearances with the Yankees before

bullpen, however, does figure to give lefty hitters some issues with the presence of southpaws, Pedro Feliciano, DamasoMarte and Boone Logan, along with Soriano (.196 vs. left-handers in ’10). 3. GIANTS: Closer: Brian Wilson; 2010 Bullpen ERA Rank: 2nd (2.99) The image of Wilson closing out the ’10 season with the final out in the World Series

7 start to the season, and why he elected not to pinch-hit for the slugger against Yankees left-handed reliever DamasoMarte in the eighth inning of his team’s 6-4 loss on Tuesday. Francona suggested that it seemed a bit early for such strong reactions

for the slugger against Yankees left-handed reliever DamasoMarte in the eighth inning of his team's 6-4 loss on Tuesday ..... instead of Mike Lowell -- both on Tuesday night against Marte , and on Wednesday against a Pettitte, a pitcher against

Tuesday, the Yankees summoned lefty specialist DamasoMarte to face David Ortiz. Ortiz was 2-for-14 ..... three walks (including one on Sunday) against Marte . Ortiz stayed in to hit against Marte , and his fly to center was too shallow to advance